6 floppies to install SP2?

[Jerry]

When I slipstreamed to XP pro sp1, I didn't need six floppies.

What gives?

Is there a boot image available somewhere?

[Jerry]

...eh, does anyone have any input on this? Thanks.

[Bâshrat the Sneaky]

Err....

Did you search?

Check http://www.bootdisk.com. If it isn't there, it probably doesn't exist yet.

[oioldman]

I went to httpp://www.microsft.com and did a search for XP boot Floppy and got these results, which includes links to XP Home and Professional, from Original , SP1 and SP2 to create the bootable floppies needed.

Resulting Link

http://search.microsoft.com/search/results...=xp+boot+floppy

Hope it helps.

Could be though that the slipstreaming didn't work, hence you don't have the needed files to boot the cd.

[prathapml]

Are you trying to say that your CD is not booting and so you want to use floppies to boot-up and start setup?

Or are you just confirming whether you need the floppies in order to boot for SP2?

The bootable floppies aren't necessary - just use the same old boot-sector from the old WinXP CD. If you've GOT to use floppies for some reason, then you have to use 6 floppies - there's nothing less, and even SP1/SP0 releases of windowsXP needed 6 floppies. Win2k needed 4 floppies to boot into setup.

[Jerry]

Everything is A-OK for now.

I used the old boot sector, burned a new disc, and setup didn't ask me for the floppies.

Thanks again.